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Photo: Breakfast at Sharon Park pond

Derek Marsano wishes to share this picture he took at about 10 a.m. today (Oct. 4) at Sharon Park pond in Menlo Park. He says a female osprey visited the pond and took a carp for breakfast. ==I Photo by Derek Marsano.==

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Derek Marsano wishes to share this picture he took at about 10 a.m. today (Oct. 4) at Sharon Park pond in Menlo Park. He says a female osprey visited the pond and took a carp for breakfast. Photo by Derek Marsano.

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Posted by Loba
a resident of Atherton: West Atherton
on Oct 5, 2011 at 1:21 pm

Posted by iyenori
a resident of another community
on Oct 17, 2011 at 4:06 pm

I've seen a black-crowned night heron and a cormorant at that pond, and a night heron at the Japanese garden in San Mateo, but never an osprey nearer than Skyline. Derek must have a lot of luck, a quick eye, and an excellent telephoto. But how do we get "she"?--I mean, other than the fact that the female is deadlier than the male?

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